Dr. Joseph Edward Rall is among the many distinguished alumni in North Central's Legacy of Science.

Dr. Joseph Edward Rall — Ed Rall — never received a Nobel prize, but in his long-time leadership role at the National Institutes of Health, he supported and mentored many who did. And in his own research, he became one of the greatest authorities in the world on diseases of the thyroid. A year after his death in 2008, he was honored by colleagues from throughout the world as one of the preeminent scientists — and scientific mentors — of his generation.